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Ukrainian Air Force was using the airport for its transportation forces. The An 225 was destroyed in the Ukraine-Russian war. The An-225 "Mriya" (tr. 'dream' or 'inspiration'), the world's largest cargo aircraft, was located at Hostomel Airport and it was partially destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. A number of other ...
Antonov Airport, or the Hostomel Airport, is a major international cargo airport located in the town of Hostomel, just at the outskirts of the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. The airport was owned and operated by the Antonov State Enterprise, the Ukrainian state-owned aerospace and air defense company. The airport hosted the only Antonov An-225 Mriya ...
Topographic map of Ukraine (with borders and towns) This is a list of airports in Ukraine grouped by type and sorted by location. All aviation infrastructure of Ukraine is being supervised and regulated by the State Aviation Service of Ukraine (until 2010 the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine). The service issues certificates for all ...
Russia hoped to use Antonov Airport on the outskirts of Kyiv as a base to drive deep into the capital. The plan failed. Russia lost the battle for Kyiv with its hasty assault on a Ukrainian airport
Control: Ukraine; Russia Contested; Stable mixed control Inner controls, outer sieges (or strong enemy pressure); Enemy pressure from one side; small icon within a larger icon: The situation in individual neighbourhood/district Airport/air base; Heliport/helicopter base; Military base; Strategic hill; Oil/gas;
The Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov makes the biggest cargo plane in the world: the An-124. Russian forces are attacking the Antonov Airport outside Kyiv, where An-124s get spare parts and ...
Antonov Airlines is a Ukrainian cargo airline, a division of the Antonov aviation company. It operates international charter services in the oversized-cargo market. Its main base is Hostomel Airport near Kyiv. In the aftermath of the Battle of Hostomel Airport, Antonov relocated its remaining aircraft to Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Following the battle of the airport, Ukrainian and Russian ground forces began to engage each other in and around Hostomel later. [12] Videos posted on social media showed a Russian tank column burning in the outskirts of the town and Ukrainian Mi-24s firing rockets at Russian positions over a residential area. [ 11 ]